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and Russian Petroleum.

The Pail Mall Gazette gives the following comparison of American petroleum with that from the Rus sian oil fields: "United States crude petroleum oil is to Russian crude as cream to skim milk. United States crude yields about 75 per cent of the finest illumin- ating oil the world produces. Rus sian crude yields only about 29 per cent of an inferior illuminat- ing oil. United States crude yields about 12 per cent naphtha or spirit of such a valuable character that it readily sells for 20 per cent per gallon more.than the oil. Russian naphtha is unmarketable, and it IS mostly burned to get rid of it. United States lubricating oils, another product of crude, are now so low in prices that Russian lu- bricating oils are practically de- barred from competition in many of the European markets. United States crude yields a considerable percentage of scale, used for can dle-making. and this is q product of great value; weight for weight, it is worth four times more than refined petroleum oil. The Baku crude yields no scale. Thus the United States, in the surpassing richness of its crude, has an enor- nous and unapproachable advan- tage over Russia.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-06-29

Of the two, it is easier to become a good baseball player than to be elected President of the United States, and the baseball player has some advantages. He gets about the same salary, has good deal more fun, gets very little abuse and is nnite as ponnlar
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Work, says one who is accustom- ed to it, is the true philosophers stone. whether you handle a pick or pen, a wheelbarrow or a set of books, digging, ditching or ed- itlng a newspaper.
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Great Work of Ants.

The most dreaded insect invader is the white ant. In Africa their houses are dome-shaped mounds often IS feet high. These insects erect pyramids 1000 times higher than themselves. The ants on their travels so conceal their ap- proach that their presence is not suspected until the damage is done. They usually tunnel into any ob- iect which they attack, often re- ducing it to mere shell. In thls way they have been known to as cend within the leg of a table, de- vour the contents of a box upon it, and descend through d tunnel bored in another leg, all in one night. An officer of the English army, while calling upon some ladies of Ceylon, was startled by rumbling sound. The ladies started with alright, and the next instant they stood with only the sky above them; the roof had fallen in and lay all about, leaving them miraculously unharmed. The ants had made their way up through the beams, hollowing them out un- til great part of the framework of the house was ready to fall at the slightest shock.
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ADVERTISING RATES.
Clifton Postomce.

Regular hours from I:30 a. m. to 7:s0 p. m. Registration from 9:30 q. m. to D. m. Money Order hours, 9:30 a. m. to 8 D. m. Sundays office open from II q. m. to F "a. Mail departs for Solomonville Tuesdays, Saturdays. Mail closes goo D. m.
 Mail for Morenci closes at 63O a. n. No foreign or mutilated money will he received for stamps. box rent or post1l orders. Parties calling for mail matter other than that which is addressed to themselves must present an order for delivery.
 A. C. REARDoS, P. M.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-06-29

When party in the East desires to locate in the West the first thing he does is to send for copy of the local paper. When he receives the paper he forms his idea of the town from the paper more than what 1t says. If he sees a paper with ad- vertising patronage he knows that the paper is published in a live, wide-awake town. If he sees a paper full of patent medicine ad- vertisements, he knows that the business men are joining the pro cession. A live, well-potronized newspaper is an index to a thriv- ing town.-Exchange.
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They are making 212,000 bricks a day in Los Angeles, at least so sa-s the Times Of that crt@.
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tremens, in the company and firm
grasp of his brother Then comes q
"Black Maria" as we call our prison
vans Ia name we have borrowed from the
thieves slang of London); II it arrives
much before the boat starts 1t stands out
side while, but eventually the door in
the end of the wagons mere box on
wheels with three Stats an inch apart all
around under the roof for air, and lit
tie round hole in the end ct the drivers
feet for lights thrown open and the
prisoners tumble out. A singular COM
pany this is apt to be ALSO woman OF
fine appearance and attire, sentenced a.
q notorious shoplifter; . slatternly wo-
man, convicted of keeping . disorderly
house q hangdog- looking boy of six
teen, whose father has told the court he
can do nothing with him and that he
wishes him sent to the House of Refuge {;
q couple of burglars stringing along
after the boy, and all three handcuffed
together; bearded, bent old man found
guilty of setting fire to his little shop in
a side street. In the charge of the keep
ers who await them they are hustled hur-
riedly over the ng-plank and forward
on the main deck Of the boat.
The others move from the wharf to the
boat, and exactly on time the pretty and
feet steamer 10 freed and starts ON her
peculiar errand. There 10 not space for
the writer to follow her, and, indeed, her
journey is usually uneventful-a short
trip up the East river between New
York and the Long Island shore to
Blackwell's and the further islands. They
are very pretty as well - interesting
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into the waiting place, some on
crutches, some with bandaged heads,
some with an arm in q sling,
and others branded with disease
These are the INDECENT sick. Too i'll to
work or to find complete relief at the
free dispensaries, they have had to apply
to the commissioners of charities and
correction, have been examined by the
official doctors and have heard with Joy
that they may get shelter, food, attention
and ultimate cure or relief at one of the
hospitals on the verdure-clad, beautiful
and healthful islands.
Already this has become q motley
and singular crowd, in which the ele-
giant and upright sightseers shrink away
from the invalids, and shabby and often
rascally-looking relatives of Jail birds /;
in which the idle are laughing close be-
side crying mother, whose son has gone
wrong, or tortured invalid whose pains
twist his face into agonized expressions.
Into this company totters . youth who
has just said, as I heard one say to the
superintendent at the department head
quarters, "For the love of Heaven, Mr..
Blake, send some one with me to the
asylum, am almost crazy from drink" }"
and on that particular morning he was
followed by lawyer dreading delirium
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Warden Finley, Of the Tombs, tells me
that wretched men, discharged from that
humanely-managed prison, often return
to It and beg to be taken back aye, and
even 60 80 far % to break . street lamp
or commit some trifling offense that they
know will serve to return them to the
prison that 10 more nearly like home
to them than any other place In the
world.
While the women are at work curious
assemblage of people begins to collect
on the pier. Some are very well-dressed
men and women whom you find 1t
difficult to class with any Of the city's
wards or captives. They are sight-seers
who have been sent to the charity COM
missioners for passes to visit the institu-
tions; a favorite and interesting trip
for either citizens or strangers. The
visitors are comparatively few in number,
few in comparison with another un-
escorted sprinkling of passengers, Of
ten with pinched faces and shabby
clothes, who are also going to the
islands, but not out of curiosity.
They are the relatives of the prisoners,
the sick or the insane. They are
easily distinguished, If not by their
poverty, or hardened or grfef-worn
faces. then by the parcels they carry
presents of tobacco, sweetmeats, CLOTH
ing, books, papers or what not
to tighten the woes of their
4 - unfortunate kin. Still another
and more numerous class Of
passengers come sprinkling
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. small modicum Of spirisus Jramenti.
This had the desired effect, and in the
solemn quiet, broken only by the too.
whit too-whoo of an old owl somewhere
In the forest lay and listened.
I grew nervous with waiting, and
longed to cry out to my companions, but
the fear of ridicule kept me quiet. The
scene was certainly . weird one. There
in the plain moonlight lay the body Of
the lion, cold and stark, while the dark
ness of the surrounding timber seemed
to be like an impenetrable wall. Ny
mind wandered of into dread reminis-
cences Of Indian massacres, foul muir
ders, horrible beasts and deadly encoun-
ters with grizzlies, when directly beneath
me / saw huge object moving slowly
In the shadow.
With my mind in the state It was from
my blood-curdling thoughts, I came near
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day he had noticed plenty of
bear signs on the further side of the
mountain. There were several large
berry patches over there, and as bears
are VIGOROUSLY fond of these, 1t was
agreed that we keep pretty we'll to.
gether, that is, within fifty yards of one
another, and 60 beat up the patches. It
took us two hours and a-half to reach the
ground As we were almost certain of get
ting up cinnamon" or "silver tip" my
spirits rose and felt none of the ghastly
sensations that had possessed me the night
previous. Upon reaching one of the
patches we put ourselves in attacking
order and boldly entered the tangled
brush. A shot from one was to bring
the others to the spot for assistance II
necessary. So In solemn stiffness we
gradually lost sight of each other, a. we
penetrated the bushes. soon saw some
huge tracks freshly made and followed
them with eagerness. At last
was rewarded by seeing some thirty
steps in advance an old she Gin.
namon with q three-quarters grown
cub. The latter was eating away
as II fearfully hungry when observed
them, but the mother was sitting up Oh
her launches cycling me and growing
ominously. brought up my gun, took
deliberate aim and put my ball where
had intended; yet it must have missed the
heart through some miscalculation Of
mine, for though she came down, she was
up like fash and came toward me. To
throw the lever and fire again was the
work of an instant but still she came on,
with murder in her eye and splitting blood
at every step. Another and another shot J
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to the fearful bridge at the inquisition
palace in Venice than that poor little
span, for on this wooden jetty congre-
gate not merely the jail-birds of Gotham
on the way to the penitentiary, but
the insane, the sick, the paupers, and
even the babes abandoned by their moth
ers. had almost added the unknown
and unclaimed dead, also, for their last
moment on Manhattan shores is spent
not fifty feet away, at the dead house in
Bellevue Hospital yard.
II we had not this poetic italian sug-
gestion Of name we might call this end
Of Twenty-sixtb street New York's
Chamber Of Horrors. Nowhere else is
there such concentration Of misery as
at the Twenty-sixth street pier. Sick
ness, sin, poverty, insanity and death are
it, patrons. The great city hospital,
with its 500 suffering inmates, is the
next-door neighbor TO the wharf; next
TO that is the morgue, and opposite both
10 medical college where dissection is
practiced upon the bodies that are fed to
science under the devouring scalpels Of
the students. Here, too, on the second
story Of the morgue is what is called DR..
Woods museum, especially peculiar be-
cause 1t is supposed no woman. ever
visited it-s sorry but no doubt instruc-
tive collection of malformations,
monstrosities, the eccentricities of
morbid anatomy and the revelations
NJ ho vhor - Sa
one, cover ed, but mainly open and always
very clean and attractive. There is as
much hustle and stir over the prepara-
tions for starting the boat that lies warped
ct the side of the pier as over the de-
parture Of one of the great sound steam
ers ON the Boston routes. This boat is
the Minnehannouck, the ferryboat that
rjds rs every day of the accumulation of
misery and crime of each twenty-four
hours. It belongs to the department of
charities and correction, and plies be-
twsen this pier and the institutions un-
the Charity Hospital, Penitentiary, Aims
Blackwelrs Island, the Inebriate and
Lunatic Asylum on Wards Island, the
House Of Refuge, Idiot Asylum and
Founding Asylum ON Randalls Island.
Il ID . trim and tidy little steamer,
different in no way from any Of the pas
ssnger boats that carry us to the suburbs
end watering places. The starting time
= half-past ten o'clock, but long before
that moment 1t is boarded by q number
Of women in clean suits of bed-ticking
and carrying swabs and pails-the same
sort of women that are seen to be busy
sweeping the pier and cleaning the quar-
teFS Of the clerks and officials. They are
called ''ten-dsy women" because they
are under sentence for that length Of
time, for drunkenness, for fighting
and for disorderly conduct In all o1
its forms. 1t is compliment to
be selected and trusted to do this
wesk. and indeed these unfortunates
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put In before she succumbed within five
yards of where Istood. By this time the
others were cracking away ct the retreat
ing cub, which they managed to capture
very shortly. When they came up
found that one Of my friends had been
right behind me ready to help Il
needed, but had determined not to fire un-
less absolutely necessary, ,preferring that
] should have al the glory. He said he
knew I was equal to the emergency
when he came up and saw me pumping
my balls into her In such good style
without making . break. Though, Of
course, never mentioned II to the boys,
] was afraid to run. The tangled brush
would have tripped me surely and my
mangled remains would have been car:
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shall not soon forget. Noticing fresh
bear tracks, we determined to have .
crack at bruin If possible. We shot
mountain lion, which served US for bait,
and one Of our party placed It in atempt-
ing position.
After supper we took our guns and
followed him to where he had left the
bait. 1t was in little "open" or space,
free from timber, and the moons silvery
rays cast . food Of cold pale light over
the carcass of tho lion. We each selected
Q small pine tree on different sides Of the
little clear spot and quickly and quietly
climbed into its branches. How the
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MISERY'S FERRr.
a DUCT THROUGH WHICH FLOW
wRETCHEDNEss AND CRIME.
- Place 60 which Il Brought the Catch
sf the Meta Of Justice-A Daily Collection
q she Waifs and Outcasts Of society-Op-
erations Of Public Charitable Agencies.
IQbp10-tQhted. l17.1

One Of the wharves on the edge Of New
York differs from any other in the world.
Il belongs to the city and is at the foot
Of the East river end of Twenty sixth
street. It is not the wickedest place in
New York |; for, although you find more
hardened criminals there every day than
any where else in America, they are as
harmless as the mad dogs you see in the
iron drowning-crib at the round. We
have what we call the "Bridge of Sight" /"
. light iron span crossing from the
Tombs Police Court to the Tombs prison /;
but this pier is more truly to be likened
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others managed do not know, but my
hands and face were badly scratched and
my clothing torn in forcing myself up
among the thick limbs which seemed to
me to have "stickers" or small points
protruding in every direction. How
ever, I managed to ensconce myself
finally upon firm branch, from which I
cut with my knife the small and inter-
fering limbs, and made romantic rest
ing place where I could lie upon
my belly, have good rest for my rife
and see plainly the body of the lion as
he lay in the still and calm repose Of
death. 1t was cold and my teeth chat
tered after few moments; so to steady
my nerves and warm my blood / imbibed
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little further, raised my ride slowly and
steadily, when the limb broke end down
I came kerchunk with . yell that Go.
manche Indian might have been proud Of.
Instantsneously came three reports,
almost together, but I was not interested
In the result, and the way / went
up that tree again would have made
. squirrel ashamed Of himself. I did
not need any rife in my hurry, and
left mine on the grass. While ] was
tearing my hands, face and clothes III my
headlong hurry to get good ''seeing"
place, two more reports fell on my ear.
This did not stop me, however; I was
bound to get to the top Of that tree
and get there I did in time to see the
BOYS below "hefting" the bear, and hear
them roaring with laughter - they
shouted to me to come down.
It 10 needless to say that did 90 and
only provoked fresh shrieks Of merri.
ment a. the boys beheld me on my ap.
pearance with q face streaked with red
like an ugly savage painted for q war
dance. l was as cool now a. though
nothing larger than rabbit had ever
been in sight, and remarked to the boys
that sOs had done good nights work. ]
do not know why they should have
laughed 80 uproarfously, but they did,
and then proceeded to tell me how the
affair looked as seen from their positions.
One remarked
II was wondering why in thunder you
did not shoot. When you gave that war.
whoop and landed In heap on the
ground-well, the bear was worse scared
than you we're. Healmost turned back
summersault, absolutely tumbling down,
and at that instant we all three turned
loose on him. Owing to the difficulty of
sighting, no shot was fatal, and while you
were skinning up the tree he was per.
forming some Of the liveliest antics in the
arena you ever saw. We gave It to him
again; the result you can see before you"
l was satisfied, though not altogether
proud, and remarked to the boys that the
next time I hunted bear at night 1t would
be in the daytime. We skinned him and
toted the quarters and hide to camp, ele-
waited the meat into the branches Of the
trees and after q little more chatting turned
into bed where before closed my eyes
in slumber, l promised myself to redeem
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impressive buildings Of the public
now and then the rural residences Of
the chief olacials. A heavy stonewsll d.
vides the psnitentiary from the almshouss,
and tie eye naturally seeks the little csn.
trail gatewsy in this masonry where .
ksspsr was nurdsrsd b. "a escaping
PRISONER, not 70 very long go. Ons ~.
viss ths city IL possession Of suah
heauty spoS Of nature, but ths occar
elonaI elfnpooe that ose = ~ he6 q loaG
a. q - & s.siIS4 CIV o.
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BEAR HUNTING.
THE FIGHT WITH BRurN As TT
LOOKED TO A MAN UP A TREE.

Psrchsd IN . Priohly Pins--A Sudden Tum-
BILE That SCARED the Bear ~ Badly -
the lfan--Faes 70 Facs with IN Enraged
NE Bsar--A Trusty Rides Good work.
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my character on the morrow.
In the morning, after q hearty
breakfast, we decided ON q
plan of operations. Beach re-
ported that on the previous
daY he had noticed plenty of
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BALTIMORE WAYS.
CITY ARCHITECTURE SEEKING
MORE GRACEFUL IMPRESSION.

American Buildings Grow More Beautiful
~ Home Forms are Followed--The Liver
pool and Bristol Of the Eighteenth Gen.
tury--Peabody and Hopkins Compared.
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tCpyrioAsed, iss.,

LIE hunting
with . party Of
friends in the
Sangre de Chris.
to range Of
mountains, Col
orado, , I had an
adventure with
. bear which I
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-12
MEMORANDA.


New York July 9-Arrived, schrs Annie
Chase Poole Fernandina; Fannie Brown, Shar-
rett. do; E Fl Herman, Wood, do.
Cardiff, July CARVED, bark Felice b Qtal),
Ferrari, Pensacola.
Isle of Wight, July s-Passed, steamship Her
cues (Br), Chambers, Bull River, C, for -.
Whitehaven, July 8--Arrived, bark Tamora
(Br), Ploeombe, Daren.
Lizard July S-Passed, steamship Benson
(Br), Fulton, Port Royal, S c. for Hamburg.
Apalachicola. July 9-Cleared schr Melissa A
Wiley, Wiley. Boston
Baltimore, July 9--ATived, schr Annie Bliss,
ODonnell. Savannah.
Cleared and sailed, schr A Denike, Townsend
Savannah.
Iu Hampton Roads. July g. schr Etna Nc
Cumber, New York via Norfolk for Fernandna
Darien, July 8-Cleared, bark Anso RUS
Soderholm, Lisbon.
Hyannis. July 9-Saed from the outside schr
I B Garland, Kelley for Southern port
Pensacola, July 9-Arrived, bark Bakren AUS
NIiculicich Cette
Cleared, schr Susie P Oliver. Snare, Philadel
phia; steam tug + f Simpson, Pascagoula
Port Royal, S G, July 9-Cleared, brig Lewis l.
Squres, Overton, New York.
Philadelphia. July ARRIVED, schr Lois '
Chaples, Ross, Fernandina
Cleared, bark Altamaha, Pray, Savannah.
Bull River S c., July Arrived, steamship
Ashdell Br). Main, Philadelphia.
Sailed 9Th, steamship Hartlepool Evans,
Plymouth via Sydney, B.
New York, July 11-Arrived steamships Ser.
via and Alaska, Liverpool; Fulda, Bremen; Bo-
hemia Hamburg.
Arrived out, steamship Vera, New York for
Bremen.
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COTTON SEED WANTED.
TO PRODUCERS AND SHIPPERS
COTTON SEED.

THE SOUTHERN COTTON OIL COMPANY
Il will be ready to buy Cotton Seed by Sept.
list 1887, and will want it shipped to our Mills at
Atlanta and Savannah, Ga, and Columbia,
s. c., whichever city is nearest to you, by rail-
road.
Mr. c. FTTZSIMONS is our Travelling Agent,
and will take part in discussions as to the rela-
tive value of Cotton Seed and Cotton Seed Meal
at any agricultural meetings, II they desire it.
We consider this important, as there are
many erroneous ideas about buying, selling and
exchanging Seed for Meal.
Address all communications to SOUTHERN
COTTON OIL COMPANY and send your post
office address TO the mill that is nearest you, if
you wish MS TO quote You prices.
We ask shippers TO remember that IL is the
erection of our Mills that will give you better;
prices this year, and ask your support In RETURN
We refer you to the banks in the above citiea
for our financial responsibility.
SOUTHERN COTTON OIL COMPANY.
PS. OLIVER BROS. beg TO inform shipper4
that they have no connection with the "OliveE
Oil Company Mills at Columbia s. c., and
Charlotte N. G. Although these Mills will runl
under the name of "Oliver Oil Companies, ~
they are owned by the AMERICAN COTTON
OIL TRUST.
Shippers wishing to deal with the OLIVER
BROS, will please ship to SOUTHERN COTTONl
OIL COMPANY MILLS.
OLIVER BROTHERS, :
Former Owners Oliver Oil Company Mills.